Recreational marijuana supporters take case to Arkansas Supreme Court

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK/KAIT) – Supporters of an effort to put leisure marijuana on the November poll acted following a rejection earlier within the week.

In line with content material companion KARK, the group Accountable Development Arkansas filed a lawsuit on Thursday, Aug. 4, with the Arkansas Supreme Court docket. The group has labored to put private leisure use of marijuana on the poll.

KARK mentioned the group had its poll request rejected by the state election commissioners on Wednesday, Aug. 3, which might have been the ultimate step in putting the measure on the poll.

The Arkansas Secretary of State’s workplace reported the measure had verified greater than 90,000 of the signatures submitted in assist of the invoice, greater than 1,000 over the state’s requirement.

In line with KARK, Accountable Development had requested for a preliminary injunction, which might enable the measure to be positioned on the poll.

Thursday, Aug. 25 is the ultimate day to have a measure positioned on the November poll, and the court docket just isn’t anticipated to satisfy earlier than then.

No phrase on if the court docket will hear the case.

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